Improvement in bells



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JOSEPH KINTZ, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HINI- SELF ANDP. J. CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.'

Letters Patent No. 102,016, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELLS.

To `all 'whom @t lmay concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KINTZ, of West Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, .and'exact description thereof, which will enable othersYskilled in the art to make and use the same` reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawing forming part of thisspecificacentral section ot abell with the clapper attached ac! cording t0 niy invention.

A is the bell', with a globular socket formed in itsV crown.-

B is the clapper, with a ball, C, on its top end, so made as to looselytit' the socket inthe crown of the bell.

The clapper is dropped down'from the top, and the ball rests in thesocket, as seen in the drawing, forming a. universal `ioint, allowingthe clapper to turn in any direction, and making a most perfect anddurable connection.

D is the band or ferrule of the handle E.

This ferrule has an interior flange, F, which is made somewhat conical,so as to fit, or nearly itfthe top portion of the ball C.

The ferrnle also has an interior screw-thread, and the handle is`attached by screwing it onto the neck or crown ofthe bell, as seen inthe drawing.

The advantages of this arrangement. over the ordidinary mode ofattaching the clapper must be obvious to all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure lby Letters Patent- Attaching theclapper to a bell by means of a ball and socket, substantially iu themanner herein'shown and described.

JOSEPH KIN TZ. Witnesses:

JOHN Q. THAYER, ORVILLE H. PLATT.

